A/N: This is the last chapter I had on my computer, so the last chapter I will post unless I get some feedback!

Disclaimer: Joss and M.E.

Summary: In A:ts S4, Angelus is kept in Buffy's basment instead and BtVS characters have to take turns watching him.

Warning: Nothing as of yet, maybe in later chapters

Rating: PG-13

Spilers/Timing: Takes place in Buffy season 6/7(ish) What is in Angel season 4, Angelus hadn't been kept in the cage in L.A, but in one in Buffy's basement and BtVS characters had to take turns watching him.

I've made Angelus Spike's sire, I know Dru is but hey, I've always prefered the idea of Angelus, like Joss mentioned in 'School Hard' 'In the dark' and probably some other episodes I can't remember :D

Oh no soul for Spike, but he still has a chip (well for now anyway...)

Oh and one more thing :p Xander never left Anya at the alter!

Even later, at around 6 in the morning everyone in the cage had fell asleep and Spike was waking up from a deep sleep to find himself in his sire's arms, he didn't know what to do, move away, stay close, get closer? In the end he pretended to still be asleep thinking it was the easiest option.

"You never were very good at acting were you Will?" Spike looked up, he should have known Angelus could still tell when he was awake, he had always managed it before, just like Spike could feel his sire's presence in a room. "Come on, don't look so surprised, I can read you like a book. What's the matter? Fell out with the slayer and her bunch of mates?"

"something like that" Spike murmered so quietly Angelus was the only person in the room, other than himself to hear it, and he only managed to hear it because of the enhanced vampire hearing.

"Aww, well you know you could always come back to me, then you wouldn't have to bother about all their feelings"

"You know I can't do that"

"Maybe, maybe not. But the question is - do you want to do that?"

"No, of course I......" Spike's voice trailed off as he actually began to process the question, searching his mind for the answer, he knew what the answer should be, but couldn't decide what the answer was.

"Hmmm you have a think about that for a bit" Buffy was now staring at the pair of them.

"Look who's awake"

"What do you want from us Angelus?"

"Hmmm, I'm not really sure, what do you think I want from you?"

"Well if I knew I wouldn't be asking you would I?"

"True... I wonder if William here knows" Buffy noticed Spike was still in Angelus's arms and just gave him 'a look' and turned away

"Buffy, please" Spike stood up and walked to the cage

"You come in here near any of my friends and I will knock you out" Spike walked into the cage despite her warning and true to her word Buffy knocked him out, Spike made no atempt to block her attacks though he probably could.

When he woke up once again that day Buffy was staring at him once more. Angelus was also watching him, to see what his childe's next move would be.

"Gave me a headache" he grunted, trying to break the ice, but knowing that was mission impossible

"I'll give you a lot worse than a headache if you want"

"I'd like to see you bloody well try"

"Get out of here"

"Fine, Slayer" Spike stood up and walked out of the cage and walked up the steps.

"And where do you think you're going?" Angelus looked curiously at his childe walking up the steps, with the same swagger he had had all those years ago.

"Out"

"Have you forgotten that you happen to be my prisoner. I don't generally let my prisoners out for little walks"

"Piss off" Spike went for the handle, but once again Angelus surprised him with his speed and Spike was rolling down the steps.

"Bleedin' poofter" He stood up again to show that he wasn't going to give into Angelus, and found that he happened to be pinned up against a wall.

"Bugger" he muttered to himself more than anyone else

"Now I think someone is going to get back into the cage aren't they?"

"What? And get beaten to a bloody pulp by the slayer? I don't think so"

"It's either that or get beaten to a bloody pulp by your sire, and I think you know which one would hurt more, don't you?" Spike knew which one he would prefer, Buffy might be able to knock him unconcious and beat him til he was black and blue but that was nothing compared to what Angelus could do in just 1 minute.

"Fine" Spike raised his hands up to his head to show he was giving into Angelus and instantly the grip on his shoulders pinning him up against the wall was loosened. He took a deep, unnecisary breath as he walked back into the cage and Buffy ran at him, only to bounce off an invisible barrier before she hit him. Spike looked around confused until he saw Willow and Tara.

"What was that?" Buffy was furious, something was preventing her from attacking Spike

"That, was us. We don't want you hurting Spike, he's your friend, he's our friend, or have you forgotten that?" Willow spoke up for the first time giving Buffy a glare that no one had realised she was capable of, that and her resolve face was enough to get Buffy to start backing down, but she wasn't going to give up completely.

"But he's evil, he was kissing Angelus for heavens sake"

"Spike isn't evil. He doesn't kill people does he?"

"Well, no..."

"Exactly, so just leave him alone, you won't be able to hurt him now anyway"

"Not wanting to distract any of you little scoobies from your conversation, but did I actually give any of you permission to use magic? Maybe I wanted Buffy to attack William here"

"You might be his sire but you aren't mine, so I'm not under your control in anyway"

"Well I could change that if you want?" Willow's eyes widened when she realised what he meant."But I won't. For now. Next time you do something like that, you ask my permission though. Also I presume I will still be able to hurt him?" Willow had tempted herself with the idea of making Spike immune to the attacks from Angelus as they seemed to be affecting him so much, but she had decided not to risk it.

"Yes, you can still hurt him" Spike turned and faced Willow

"Thanks pet" she just gave him a small smile and he settled down on the floor, only to be approached by Buffy once again.

"I might not be able to hurt you now, but I will... eventually and right then you will wish you had stayed out there with Angelus" Spike actually laughed when he stood up this time

"You really don't get it do you Slayer? Whatever you can do to me in an hour, a day, a week, whatever he could do a hell of a lot worse to me in under a minute. He has power over me that you can't even begin to understand, you really should study vampires a little more, maybe listen to your watcher a bit more often before you start walking around pretending you know everything about me. You might think you know me better than everyone in this room put together but here's a news flash for you Slayer, you haven't lived with me for over a hundred years, you haven't tortured me on a daily basis, you haven't had a relationship with me, not a proper one, and you didn't make me"

Angelus, who had been watching his childe's little speech was looking vaguely amused

"You tell her Will m' boy, you tell her"

"And you," Spike turned to Angelus. "You don't own me anymore, I'm no longer 'your boy' I might have been once, I accept that fact, I'll even admit it here, in front of witnesses, but now you don't know me, no one knows me and no one owns me, I'm not going through all that again and there's still a chance that it could happen, so I'm not going to take the risk" He walked over to Buffy "Give me your stake"

"What?" Buffy looked completely and utterly confused and was taken off guard when Spike lunged at her and grabbed the stake. He turned it around and aimed it at his heart.

"It all stops, now. The pain, the hurt, the hatrid, the love. It's all going to end here" However once again Spike had been caught up in his own feelings and actions he hadn't sensed his sire sneak up behind him, who swiftly snapped his arm, breaking it easily and the stake clattered to the ground.

"I don't think that would be a good idea do you William?" Spike's arm was now twisted painfully behind his back and he was howling out in pain. Eventually Angelus had decided that he had been caused enough pain for now and let go of the arm which Spike then began to cradle awkwardly as Angelus then led him out of the cage.

"I'm dissappointed Will, really I am. I didn't think that even you would stoop so low as to take your own life" Despite his words Angelus didn't look angry.

"It all stops here? Did you really hate your life that much? You might hate me now, but you've hated me for what? A few years? How long did you love me then? hmmm?"

"Piss off wanker"

"Ooooh not in a good mood are you Will? Come here" It was a simple order, an order that he could easily ignore, Angelus hadn't even had a threatening tone when he had said it, despite that he obeyed the order, still holding his broken arm in the other.

"You really gonna let the slayer bother you that much, you're really going to take your life just because she managed to piss you off?"

"It wasn't because of her. It was because of you. It's happening again, all the feelings that have been covered up for years, they're coming out again, and I'm not going to let that happen. Give me the stake"

"No I won't give you the stake and you know why? One, your my childe and if anyone's gonna dust you, it will be me. Two, I don't follow any orders given to me by you and three, i'm not ready to let you leave this world, just yet"

Spike just glared at his sire, he didn't really have a proper response for him but he wasn't going to stand there stuttering and apologising, no way, even all those years ago Spike had never once apologised without being prompted, or without having the apology beaten out of him, and he was dammed if he was going to start now.

"Haven't you got something to say to me then Will?"

"I'm not gonna apologise to you if that's what you think"

"I wasn't asking for a apology, but a thankyou would have been nice"

"A thankyou , thanks for what? Locking me up in a cage? Snapping my arm? Tell me Angelus just what exactly should I be thanking you for?"

"Your life, giving it to you in the first place, and keeping you from taking it, I know you didn't really want to dust yourself"

"Well technically you took my life in the first place"

"And we both know what your life was like in the first place don't we Will?"

"Mmmmmm. Yeah mate, thanks. Thanks a bunch, you've been such a great help over the years, especially getting a bloody soul, that really helped me out, abandoning me, leaving me sire-less. So yeah Angelus, thanks, thanks a lot"